Conferences and other Events

11.10.2018Yugoslav Monuments Associated with the First World War (1918–1941)

symposium, Ljubljana, 18–19 October 2018 The First World War monuments produced in interwar Yugoslavia are today usually discussed separately, within the context of the successor state to which they belong. The symposium will attempt to present a picture of this production that is as comprehensive as possible, outlining not only the common features of these works but also their differences, ... more »

11.04.2018Conference MIGRATION EXPERIENCES AND MIGRATION CONTROL BETWEEN REALITY AND MEMORY

Vljudno vabljeni na mednarodno znanstveno konferenco / You are kindly invited to the International Academic ConferenceSELITVENE IZKUŠNJE IN NADZOR NAD SELITVAMI MED REALNOSTJO IN SPOMINOMMIGRATION EXPERIENCES AND MIGRATION CONTROL BETWEEN REALITY AND MEMORYPonedeljek, 16. april 2018 / Monday, 16 April 2018 ... more »

18.12.2017BODYWORKS - A CONFERENCE ON CORPOREAL REPRESENTATION

More information: https://bodyworksnorthumbria.wordpress.com/... more »

13.10.201742 years without rights – Western Sahara Right for Resistance

6th Solidarity Conference in support of the people of Western Sahara(20 October 2017, Mestni muzej Ljubljana, Gosposka ulica 15, Ljubljana, Slovenia)Institute for Western Sahara studies and MEP Mrs. Tanja Fajon, wish to invite you to the Solidarity Conference in support of the people of Western Sahara to be held on 20 October 2017. It is a culmination of extensive work carried out with a message that solidarity is and should feature as a strong element of internationalism. The primary focus of the conference is to make the people of Slovenia ... more »

04.10.2017How do we sense Ljubljana? A discussion about Sensotra’s sensobiographic walks in Ljubljana

With the advent of digital technologies in recent decades, we have also experienced afundamental transformation of our environmental relations. At the same time, environmentsare undergoing various changes, which can most easily be seen in cities. Moreover, membersof different generations experience these processes in different ways: when observingyoungsters on their smartphones, older people are wondering what is this world coming to,while the “diginatives” do not understand how can the elderly live in the past. Culturalanthropologists and cultural studies scholars have found that the ways of experiencing the... more »

Tovarna Rog, petek 17.3. ob 17ih A presentation of the project Grupo Musicultura started in 2004 in Maré favela in Rio de Janeiro by local residents and a couple of ethnomusicologists, among them prof. Samuel Araujo who is going to give the presentation. The project focuses on the role of music and sound in Maré, not strictly from an academic point of view, but also as an active research group which produces music and communicates its importance for the community in public through radio broadcasts and other media. The presentation and talk are going to be in English. Prof. Samuel Araújo coordinates the Ethnomusicology Laboratory at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and ... more »

14.09.2016SCREENING OF SHORT FILMS BY LUKSUZ PRODUCTION

TUESDAY, 20TH SEPTEMBER AT 5 PMDEPARTMENT OF ETHNOLOGY AND CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGYWe are warmly inviting you to the screening of short documentary films made by youngsters. All films have english subtitles. The screening includes snacks, drinks and a debate. Our special guest will be Julia Minet, the author of the film Idomeni Ghetto.Film screening will be an introduction to the school of documentary film and video that will take place during the next months. We kindly invite all asylum seekers, refugees, migrants, cultural hybrids, nomads, travellers ... and all who would like to learn about documentary film making. Luksuz production is a video production of the Society of allies for soft landing (DZMP), which was created as a reaction to “the ... more »

23.05.2016Invitation to the event "Non-aligned Teachers"

You are invited to the event»NON-ALIGNED TEACHERS«Wednesday, 25. 5. 2016, from 13h to 16h,Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Arts (Zavetiška 5, Vič – opposite Gimnazija Vič).On Youth day we will be hosting our new neighbors – refugees and asylum seekers at the Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology. In a cycle of lectures, titled »Non-aligned teachers«, they will be talking about the situation in the country they left and about their perception of life in Slovenia and their experiences in Asylum home.... more »

14.12.20152016 Maynooth University Ethnography Winter School

The Department of Anthropology at Maynooth University is pleased to announce its 2016 Winter School in Ethnography, 25 to 29 January 2016. The school will bring together postgraduate students, professional researchers, and others for focused reflection on ethnography today. Offered as a 5 credit postgraduate module, and delivered over one week, the school will be structured as a workshop or ‘laboratory,’ enabling students, established scholars, and others to work through challenges and opportunities related to their own research and writing projects in dialogue and critical engagement with each other. Procedures may be available for students from Irish universities beyond Maynooth to receive credit for their work. People can also participate in the course without officially enrolling for credit. It is the hope of the Department of Anthropology that making the School open in this manner will attract a wide variety of ethnographers enabling vigorous debate ... more »

Wednesday, 3rd of April, at 6pm in [A]Infoshop, AKC Metelkova(Will be held in English)Exhibition-presentation-discussion on Belgian anarchist movementsAs we just came back from Belgium, we'd like to present you ourexperiences and views on current Belgian anarchist movements. They seem to us very alive, offensive, and inspiring in many aspects; they openquestions and pathes on fighting, squatting, analysing, organizing,building projectuality etc. The anarchist movement there is very diverse -we'll go through its different aspects - but mostly taking the riskypathes of insurrection and revolution, and of an constant and urging questfor Freedom in every aspect of life. We'll talk about the backgroundthere, especially about Europe at its core, where it is experimenting anddeveloping current and future repression and colonization of everydaylife. We'll present some of the latest publications, posters, ... more »

26.03.2013INVITATION

ASS Extended: Health, Body, and Consumption,29th – 30th of March 2013,[A]Infoshop, Metelkova Mesto, LjubljanaYou are kindly invited to a student conference on the topic of health, body, and consumption, organized by Anthropology Students’ Sessions (ASS) Collective. Join us as a listener or participate in our fruitful discussions. Let us explore the present of our world and think about its future together in a friendly and egalitarian environment, uniting education and fun!In our globalized societies there are coexisting different medical systems and other knowledge about health that on one hand compete for their believers and on the other influence each other and due to on-going syncretism and hybridization we are faced with more and more methods and techniques of taking care for our health and body. This is not only changing the conceptions of health and disease and the perceptions of our bodies but it also influences our daily lifestyles. On every step we hear about “healthy life style” and “healthy body” – and about ... more »

An enigma?This time we will talk about things, that are not interrelated but still, they function as if they were and - lo and stand - suddenly they are related. We will talk about living things about which it is impossible to say anything final, nothing that would be true. We will talk about the most unfamilliar and most unpredictable people we know, about their social functioning and their "first and most natural tools" (M. Mauss) - we will talk about ourselves. Yes, an enigma!Welcome everybody!For additional information or to contribute some ideas, suggestions, contact us: ass.collective10@gmail.com... more »

04.02.2013ASS, 6.2.2013 ob 18.00, [A]Infoshop, AKC Metelkova mesto

Presentation of fieldwork among guni, traditional Indian healersDenis Oprešnik will present a part of his fieldwork among guni, traditional healers in Rajasthanu (India). Guni is a relatively new concept which appeared in recent history and became a marker for a wide group of healers, coming from different cultural, geographical and political contexts. Despite heterogeneity, can we speak of shared identity? Who presents a common denominator which a potential new identity is built on, and what are it’s effects? How to even become a guni and what does this bring with it?These are some of the questions which we will try to answer on this week's ASS.The presentation will be accompanied with some photo and video material and will be followed by heated discussion. Join us!P.s.: This time ASS will be held in Slovenian, for anyone who doesn't understand, we will try to help with simultaneous summarizing.For additional information or to contribute some ideas, suggestions, contact us: ass.collective10@gmail.com... more »

03.12.2012Anthropology Student Sessions (ASS)

Film projection: I will carry you to the seasideWednesday, December 5th 2012 at 19hInfoshop, AKC Metelkova MestoThis week we will be screening an ethnographic film I will carry you to the seaside by Manca Filak, student of ethnology and cultural anthropology. Her film focuses on perception of the body and the sitygm of otherness, that is imposed upon people with severe body traumas.»Nina and Domen are a couple for a year. Nina is on a wheel chair, because she has cerebral palsy, which spasms her muscles. Domen survived severe traffic accident 18 years ago, which in a way also marked him for a life time. Both of them have a strong experience of survival and obstacles that are brought by physical injuries. They also know how it is to be different in the eyes of others who at the same time determine who or what is different. Film with a big extent of intimacy takes the viewer through their relationship, with an emphasis on their first vacation at the seaside – first time alone, first time as a couple and first time as''everybody else''.«- Manca Filak, authorFilm has a duration of 35 minutes. After the projection discussion will follow.You are all welcome to join us!For more informaition or to contribute some ideas and comments, please contact:anja.ipsilon@gmail.comrejc.jernej@gmail.com... more »

23.10.2012CFP: 3rd International Conference of Young Folklorists “Vernacular Expressions and Analytic Categories” in Tartu

More information on: http://www.ut.ee/folk/index.php/et/uudised/336-young-folkorists-2013... more »

04.03.2011MASN conference

Dear Sir/MadameWe would like to invite students, graduates and PhD students interested in social anthropology, ethnology, sociology or any other social science to participate in an international student conference. The conference is organized by the Croatian branch of MASN (Moving Anthropology Student Network).The title of the 9th conference is "What Are We Doing?: Multiple Roles, Uses and Influences of Anthropology in the Contemporary Society". The conference will take place in Ludbreg, Croatia, May 2nd-6th 2011.In the attachment you will find detailed information about the conference and the application forms (form 1, form 2).We kindly ask the interested students to send their abstracts until 15 of March 2011, and the deadline for listeners is April 1st..With regardsMASN Croatia... more »

Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology organizes AN INTENSIVE WORKSHOP - Performativity and Ritual: Crossroadsheld by Radharani Pernarčič, Sonja Zlobko and Rajko Muršič, PhD, full professor/reader 27th – 29th March 2010 At the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in BratislavaAddress: Moyzesova 4, 813 15 Bratislava, Slovak Republic Costs: There is no workshop fee. A van will be organized by the epartment, which leaves no travel expenses for the students. Accommodation will be arranged at a hostel (approx. 30 Euro).The workshop will be in English (in case if needed, translations into Slovenian and Slovakian will be assured).In the time when contemporary anthropology increasingly dips-into and produces knowledge about practice and embodiment, while contemporary dance theatre faces numerous questions of performativity and dance dramaturgy, it becomes obvious that the two can establish a constructive interdisciplinary link. The up-coming workshop has its bases in a dance project Polne sob s priprtih hodnikov which was successfully carried out in autumn 2009 in Ljubljana, Slovenia, and had thoroughly integrated anthropological research into a dance performance. Whether the collaboration proved such interdisciplinary work to be very fruitful and powerful, it has also raised many further important questions as well for anthropologists as for choreographers and performers. In attempt to further investigate options of applied anthropology in dance theatre and mutual efficacy of such disciplinary collaboration show the workshop will focus on: • Examining a new role of anthropologist in theatre – linking choreography, dramaturgy and performing.• The role of anthropology as a container of specific knowledge which can help creating coherent content and context by elaborating meanings and symbolization within an abstract movement expression. ... more »

The 7th MASN Conference 'Ethics and Human Rights in Anthropological Perspective'!Conference takes place in Krzyżowa, PolandMarch 24th – 28th 2010Conference days will be divided in morning (papers presentation) and afternoon (roundtable discussions, workshops) sessions as well as fringe events (excursions, exhibitions, performances, films and other) in the evening. Each of the full conference days will be devoted to one of the subtopics: Anthropology of DevelopmentFieldwork DilemmasHuman Rights – Relativity and Universalism of CategoriesAnthropology of Development:Development, a term which evolved from western idea of progress is nowadays widely used to describe the improvement of human living conditions. What we would like to discuss is, how the idea of development influences various cultures, and how it is influenced by them, and finally, what is the price we pay for development. We are interested in comparative studies of the idea of development as well as in fieldwork experiences of young researches.Fieldwork Dilemmas:For this subtopic we invite papers, workshops and roundtables concerning the dilemmas ahtropologists face while researching cultures which axiological systems are totally different from their own and strategies they develop to cope with the disonance. Young anthropologists presenting their papers on their own ethical dilemmas during the fieldwork would be much favoured.Human Rights – Relativity and Universalism of Categories:Are Human Rights an universal set of principles valid for every human being, despite their creed, colour and culture, as they are meant to? Or are they just another form of western colonialism? Shall the antropologist protect these values or rather accept cultural norms which contradict them, no matter how oppressive they are? Is relativity of qualities all that we are left with in the multitude of cultures or can we speak ... more »

16.11.2009Antropofest

Dear Sir / Madam,Let me acquaint you and your institution with a proposal of taking part at the first year of Antropofest, a film festival that focuses mainly on anthropological issues. By all means you can take part at the festival as a spectator however you can participace as a co-organiser of the festivalprogramme as well. If you, your colleagues, students or friends have made or cooperated on a film which deals with anthropological or ethnological issues and you would like to share it with the public, you have a brilliant chance to do so at the Antropofest.Antropofest is organised by students and graduates of Social Anthropology,Departement of Social Sciences, University of Pardubice. The Universitytogether with the Dobeška Theatre support the festival as its partners. The aim of the Antropofest is to make the experts as well as the public familiar with one of the research tools of socio-anthropology - anthropological film. Based on these films, life and culture of various human communities and their social groups are researched.Antropofest stands for an open display of anthropological films. It is aimed at everybody who is interested in above mentioned issues and would like to participate at the event with his/her film. This year the festival focuses on the following topics: social outcast, migration, life in the 21st century and contemporary issues of majorities. Antropofest will take place in The Dobeška Theatre in January 29th and 30th, 2010.If you find our proposal appealing, do not hesitate to post your films to:Antropofest Jasná I. 1181/6, Praha 4, 147 00, Czech Republic, Europe.Deadline is 7/12/2009.For more information about the programme as well as for terms and conditions of participation go to our websites www.antropofest.cz . If you have any further questions, feel free to share them with us on our emailinfo@antropofest.cz, or call Adam Spálenský (tel.:00420 733 125 965).We are looking forward to your films!For the Antropofest organisational ... more »

09.11.2009Future in religion conference

More informations: http://www.religioznawstwo.uj.edu.pl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=551&Itemid=105... more »

12.10.2009Astra film festival, Sibiu, Romania

Already a popular anthropological and ethnographic film festival in Europe, ASTRA FILM FEST is celebrating its 10th edition this year.The festival is not only a great opportunity to see a great selection of documentary films, but it also offers the chance to meet and interact with filmmakers, discuss or chit-chat about films, filmmaking and fieldwork, and enjoy the multi-cultural setting of Sibiu, a former European Capital of Culture.The festival competition programme includes 4 sections: INTERNATIONAL, EUROPE, ROMANIA, and STUDENT Competitions. Moreover, side-events such as special programmes, portraits of famous documentary filmmakers, debates, and workshops for young filmmakers run during the week.This year's 10th jubilee edition of ASTRA FILM FESTIVAL takes place between 26th October and 1st November 2009.If you consider coming to Sibiu at the end of this month, please find more information about the festival on the website: www.astrafilm.roVERY IMPORTANT!!students are offered discounted accomodation - please contact me at simonaciotlaus@gmail.com and ps: Sibiu is a lovely city: http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=sibiu+romania&gbv=2&aq=0&oq=sibiu&aqi=g1g-m1withlaid-backpubsandanawesomemedievalcitadel... more »